In the wake of the sale, former Cabela’s staffers have started two different outdoors businesses in Sidney, Highby Outdoors and NexGen Outfitters. In January, Toronto-based company MMP Enterprises announced that it would locate 155 new jobs in Sidney at the former Cabela’s building, according to the local economic development partnership. The company works in logistics and the natural health products industry.

“The lights are certainly still on,” Melissa Norgard, the local economic development director, wrote in the Cheyenne County Chamber’s March newsletter.